The distillery employed a unique partial triple distillation process until 2007.

[2] This distillery was destroyed by a flood in 1829, and was rebuilt in 1835[3] in the outbuildings of a farmhouse[4] by John Innes, and officially founded under the name Lyne of Ruthrie[2] The distillery went bankrupt, and Lyne of Ruthrie was sold to William Smith.

[2] Dewars join Distillers Company (DLC) in 1925 and the distillery was renovated in 1955,[3] replacing the malting floors with a Saladin box, and ending the farming activities on the site.

The necks of the stills are cooled by worm tubs, a technique that is no longer very common.

[4] Benrinnes produces one fifteen-year-old semi-official bottling in the Flora and Fauna range since 1991.